UMary Allen
Ukubukeka okuqotho, ijazi eliwubukhazikhazi, kanye nemvelo ethandekayo kwenza abantu baseMalta babe inja engumngane omkhulu. Lapha ungathola ukuthi yini ehlukanisa inja engumngane nokuthi yini eyenza ihluke kangaka.
Umlando wamaMalta
I-Maltese ingenye yezinhlobo zezinja ezindala kakhulu futhi ibilokhu iyinja ethandwayo emakhulwini eminyaka. Umsuka wayo oqondile awucaci. Ngokwesiko, amatilosi aseFenike athola izinja zokuqala ezifanayo ngo-1500 BC esiqhingini saseMalta. Nokho, leli gama alinakulandelelwa emuva esiqhingini saseMelitha, kodwa egameni lesiSemite elithi “Màlat”.
Leli gama lisho isiphephelo noma itheku, okusikisela ukuthi okhokho balolu hlobo babehlala emachwebeni nasemadolobheni asogwini emaphakathi neMedithera. Izinja zazisetshenziselwa ukulwa namagundane namagundane. Ekhulwini lokuqala AD, umbusi waseRoma waseMalta, uPublius, wenza inja yakhe yaseMalta, u-Issa, evezwe futhi engafi enkondlweni:
“U-Issa unoqhude kunondlunkulu kaCatella. U-Issa ucwenge ukwedlula ukwanga kwe-seagull. U-Issa muhle ukwedlula intombazane. I-Issa ibiza kakhulu kunamagugu aseNdiya.”
Ngesikhathi seRenaissance ngekhulu le-15 nele-16, izinja zagcina zithuthukele ezinja zomphakathi zemibuthano yasebukhosini. Izinja ezincane ezimhlophe zazithandwa kakhulu ngabesifazane. Indlovukazi yaseBrithani uVictoria kanye nezindlovukazi zaseFrance uMarie Antoinette kanye noJoséphine Bonaparte nabo bayaluthanda lolu hlobo. AmaMalta nawo angezinye zezinja zokuqala ezethulwa esidlangalaleni emibukisweni.
Baqala ukuboniswa eGreat Britain ngo-1862, nase-USA esikhathini esifushane kamuva, ngo-1877. Ngamazwe ngamazwe, lolu hlobo manje luyingxenye yeqembu le-FCI, inkampani kanye nezinja ezihambisanayo, isigaba 9, "Ama-Bichons nezinhlobo ezihlobene". Kuze kube namuhla, inja encane engumngane iwuhlobo lwenja oludumile emhlabeni wonke.
Ingqikithi kanye Nobuntu
AbakwaMalta bayinja yomndeni ejabule futhi enothando ethanda ukuya ohambweni lokuthola ulwazi. Inja ekhangayo ihlala ilungele ukudlala futhi ingumngane omkhulu empilweni yansuku zonke. Izinja ezithambile zingadlala kalula nezingane ngaphansi kweso. Ngemvelo yabo yokonga, badinga ukunakwa okuningi kanye nokugonwa ukuze bajabule. Bakhetha ukulandela umnikazi wabo yonke indawo, okungeyona inkinga ngenxa yobukhulu babo kanye nemvelo enobungane. Banamahloni futhi abagodle abantu abangabazi.
Izinja ezincane ezinomoya wokuzethemba futhi azibonisi ukwesaba izinja ezinkulu kakhulu. Behlalisana kahle, bazwana nezinye izici, amakati, noma izilwane ezincane ngaphandle kwezinkinga. Amakhala oboya ahlakaniphile anomuzwa obuthakathaka wokuzingela kodwa akwazi ukulandela kalula amaphunga. Lokhu kungenxa yelukuluku labo. Bafuna ukuthathwa ngokungathi sína njengenja futhi abaneliseki uma bengenayo into yokwenza. Noma kunjalo, izinja ezinobungane nezinempilo zibafanele kahle abaqalayo.
Ukubonakala KwaMalta
Amehlo amnyama anobuhlalu kanye nekhala elihle le-snub elizungezwe uboya obumhlophe obukhanyayo kuzoncibilikisa izinhliziyo zabathandi bezinja. Naphezu kobukhulu bayo obuncane obungamasentimitha angu-20 kuya kwangu-25 nesisindo esingafika kumakhilogremu angu-4, isiMalta sidonsa amehlo sangempela. Inja encane enomzimba omude ibonakala inhle kakhulu futhi ngokuziqhenya ithwala ikhanda layo phezulu. Ijazi elide nelithambile ngokuvamile limhlophe qwa, kodwa lingase libe nombala wendlovu. Uma uboya buyekwa bukhule bube bubude, bucishe bufike phansi lapho buhlukaniswa ngemuva.
Uhlobo lwezinja ludideka kalula nezinye izinhlobo zezinja ngabantu abavamile. Nakuba zonke zivela ohlotsheni olulodwa lwenja, izinhlobo eziningi ze-bichon ziye zavela phakathi namakhulu eminyaka. Ikakhulukazi, abantu abaningi abavamile bayididanisa ne-Coton de Tuléar, nayo emhlophe. Nokho, iMalti incane kunale futhi inejazi elibushelelezi. Kulula futhi ukudidanisa ne-curly bichon frisé evela e-Tenerife, i-Italian Bolognese, noma i-Havanese enemibala eminingi.
Imfundo Yomdlwane
Ukuziphatha okunolaka nokugangile kwabanye abameleli bohlobo ngokuvamile kungalandelelwa emuva ekusweleni ukuqeqeshwa ngenxa yesithombe sayo njengenja yenja. Ngokukhuliswa okungenalo udlame nothando, abantu baseMalta bakhula babe ozakwethu abahle kakhulu empilweni yansuku zonke.
Awudingi ulwazi olukhethekile noma isipiliyoni ukuze uqeqeshe inja ezimisele. Uma kuyinja yakho yokuqala, kufanele uthole usizo esikoleni sezinja. Ungakhohliswa ukubukeka komdlwane omuhle futhi ubonise ngokucacile inja lokho engakwazi ukukwenza nengakwazi ukukwenza. Uma unikezela kanye, kufanele ulwe nemikhuba emibi impilo yonke yenja yakho. Lokho inja evunyelwe ukukwenza njengomdlwane, igcina isikhulile.
Izinja ezincane zivame ukuba nobungane futhi zifuna ukujabulisa umnikazi wazo. Ukuxhumana nabantu kusenesikhathi kanye nokujwayela abantu ongabazi nezilwane kubaluleke kakhulu ukuze nikwazi ukuphila kahle kwansuku zonke ndawonye futhi ngaphandle kwezinkinga.